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L. BEECHER; 0F YWitsTV1LLE, CONNECTIQUT.

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`The Schednlre referred to `in .Biesen Letton Patent and mekinpai 0f the '35m9- Be it knoweth 1, L. W. Betonm, or Westville,

\ l inthe county of New Haven, and State of Co'nnectifcut, have invented anew. Improvementl in Baskets;4

and I do hereby declare the following,when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon, 'to be a. full, clear, `endpexa/et description `of the lsa'me, and whichA said f rewings` constitiite part of this. specification, andrepresentin'- 1 i Figure 1, a side "view, and in Figures32 and 3, enlarged vieiivs of the splints,'to il- This invention `relates lto an improvement in that class of baskets 'used for `the transportation of fruit and vegetables, and with special reference to the basket patented to me,'May`31, 1864. 1

1 vTo' overcome these" diiiiculties `is the objectofiny inyention,and to enable others` skilled inthe art to understand and-make the same, I 4will proceed'to afull A desorpti'n thereoiias illustrated in the accompanying' drawings. l

,"The bottom of the basket is formed in the usual man-l or motelengths, then scored diagonally, as at a, iig. 2,

. whiclrellows their being folded Aas seen in fig. 3, lezurf ing a double edge at the bottom,'and,a double surface,

B, (see'ig. 3,) through whichthesplints are nailed to I the edge of the bottom. The grain of the wood being 'crossed by the doubling, and the end thereby protected,

a single'nnl` holds the two splints, and without any liability of their splitting or becoming detached by use.

Several splints thus foldedare placed around and se l. cured to the bottom ofthev basket, as seen in iig. 1,

and, extending up, are gathered into and secured by the hand 0, and the basket is complete.

.. Having thus fully described my invention, Her 'toforethese baskets havebeenfortned' by nnili ing one .end cfa number of splints to theedge of they liottomof' the bsk'et, land uniting the splints at, the top bya band or otherwise. The nailing' is necessa-l vrily donevery .neer` the end .of a the splint-at the bot'A i tomyand in manycasossplits the splints, so that after `a little use the' 'splints "becomefdetaehed, and the basketisrendered useless.

- What I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure In the construction of basketsthe splints `diagonelly scored and folded at the lower ends, so as to be secured to thfxal d "u oses cie. p p rp pe 4 L. W. BEECHER.

Witnesses:

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bottom, snb'stwntially as and for .the 

